Mark Balunis

Lex is staying at his family's house with best friend Kenny. The former is recovering from a recent suicide attempt, while the latter is trying to spend a summer apart from his husband. Screenwriter Shane is staying in the summerhouse, while Lex's overbearing actor brother and his girlfriend are staying too. Add their neighbour into the mix, who is in love with Lex, who is in love with Shane, who is in love with Kenny... and the pressure cooker is primed and ready to blow, especially with Shane writing about a family secret that Lex would much rather keep hidden.

Lex is staying at his family's house with best friend Kenny. The former is recovering from a recent suicide attempt, while the latter is trying to spend a summer apart from his husband. Screenwriter Shane is staying in the summerhouse, while Lex's overbearing actor brother and his girlfriend are staying too. Add their neighbour into the mix, who is in love with Lex, who is in love with Shane, who is in love with Kenny... and the pressure cooker is primed and ready to blow, especially with Shane writing about a family secret that Lex would much rather keep hidden.

Lex is staying at his family's house with best friend Kenny. The former is recovering from a recent suicide attempt, while the latter is trying to spend a summer apart from his husband. Screenwriter Shane is staying in the summerhouse, while Lex's overbearing actor brother and his girlfriend are staying too. Add their neighbour into the mix, who is in love with Lex, who is in love with Shane, who is in love with Kenny... and the pressure cooker is primed and ready to blow, especially with Shane writing about a family secret that Lex would much rather keep hidden.

성 소수자 상담 센터에서 봉사하는 사이먼은 대니라는 남자의 전화를 받는다. 대니는 자신이 곧 사람들 세 명을 죽인 후에 자살할 거라고 하고, 왜 그런 결정을 내리게 됐는지 자초지종을 설명하기 시작한다. 대니는 실리콘밸리로 이사 온 후에 카일과 사귀게 되었고, 카일의 친구들이자 상사들인 게이 부부 랜스와 크리스찬도 만나게 되었다. 그 후, 대니는 랜스와 크리스찬은 포르노 웹사이트를 운영하며, 카일은 그 웹사이트의 서버를 관리해주는 일을 한다는 사실을 알게 되었다. 또한 대니는 랜스와 크리스찬이 이 업계에 발을 담그게 된 계기를 준 포르노 제작자 포레스트도 만났다. 포레스트는 대니한테도 포르노 출연을 제안했지만, 대니는 수락할 생각이 없었다. 결국 랜스와 크리스찬은 카일을 협박해서 대니한테 약을 먹이게 하고, 무의식 상태인 대니를 강간하는 동영상을 찍은 후 자신들의 새로운 다크웹 웹사이트에 올렸다. 대니는 이 동영상을 발견하고 충격을 받았다. 대니는 사이먼한테 이메일로 그 웹사이트와 랜스, 크리스찬, 포레스트의 사업에 관한 불법 자료들을 보내준다. 사이먼의 동료가 경찰에 신고해서 경찰은 대니의 위치를 추적하지만, 결국 수화기 너머로 총소리가 들린다. 그런데 총으로 자살한 건 바로 카일이었고, 대니는 그날 오후에 이미 목을 매서 자살한 상태였다. 카일이 죄책감에 대니를 대변해서 사이먼한테 진실을 밝힌 것이다. 경찰은 카일이 준 자료 덕분에 랜스, 크리스찬과 포레스트가 취조를 받게 될 거라고 하지만, 사이먼은 카일과 대니의 죽음을 안타까워한다.

When the search engine he designs answers "yes" to the question "is the government of the United States evil?", a brilliant computer programmer is arrested and held in isolation. Desperate, but keenly aware of the answer's potential effect on the public, the programmer strikes a deal with his interrogators, agreeing to re-design the software in exchange for his freedom. As they search to understand why the program answered an ethical question and try to find a way to change its response, the faith and patience of both the programmer and his captors are put to the test. Suspenseful and darkly comic, S.E.R.P. is a film about coercion, innovation, and whether it is possible to do something good in the service of something evil.

"The Last Time I Saw Soap" was inspired by the hard-edged character films of John Cassavetes. The story centers on four friends as they return from the funeral of another friend who has died suddenly from a brain trauma. Throughout the day and evening, we observe these four different types as they desperately attempt to "live it up" in honor of their dead friend. However it soon becomes obvious that these people have been so numbed by virtual technology and social media that they have forgotten how to interact on a regular human level. The evening soon unravels into drunkeness, anger, and sexual hang-ups involving some ill-hired prostitutes. https://vimeo.com/121909948

Made for just $500 in 2000 as the first feature film under the Diamond in the Rough Films banner, "Walk-In" is a spiritual take on "My Dinner With Andre". Brandon Carpenter - committed capitalist and deal-maker - suffers a near fatal car crash on the day he is supposed to close the biggest money making scheme of his career. But the deal stalls when he is in a coma and pronounced brain dead. His wife keeps him on life support for 2 months which results in Brandon awakening from the coma perfectly healthy. It's a miracle. But is it? https://vimeo.com/125171803